The Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan has received a donation from the Benton Harbor-Fairplain Lions Club that now has triple its original value because of the ongoing capital building fund. Humane Society General Operating Manager Alissa Saul tells WSJM News the Lions Club gave $5,000, and then it turned into $15,000.
“They made their donation to our building fund, and when they do that we have a match going on with the Yeager family, and so that is how it turned into $15,000,” Saul said. “$5,000 goes into our building fund and then $5,000 goes into our endowment fund.”
Saul tells us any donation made to the building fund will be tripled due to the $700,000 Yeager Challenge Grant the Humane Society received this year. The Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan just moved into its brand new Yeager Family Pet Shelter in Royalton Township and is working to pay it off. Saul notes the organization’s annual Holiday Open House For the Animals is set for Saturday, December 8, and it will be the first one held there. Everyone’s invited.
